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Author: su admin G4t4J. November 5, 2015. By su admin G4t4J. Publishing Journey: The typeset manuscript (AKA “the first pass”). Because this is my first book and I’m pretty clueless, every week seems to present some surprise. The latest surprise was an email from my editor’s lovely assistant to say the typeset manuscript (also called the “first pass”) just landed on her desk and she was going to overnight it to me for my review. So, — Read More. Tagged as advance reading copy. People who knew me. Enter y...
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See All →. The Stork and the Beanstalk. A Mother's Journal. A photo journal comprised of my thoughts on motherhood and other life happenings, as well. As some of professional work as a photographer. Southern California is home. The Stork and the Beanstalk. A Mother's Journal. Sometime later and to relive it all in a new way. I had intended to use the original version of this song but after much delay and lack of motivation, I’ve left it as is. Sometimes things are close enough. Ha. This is just so great!
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First drafts - Fiction Writing Blog
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August 3, 2015. August 3, 2015. Now that my book is done. I don’t feel confident about anything. Every time you start a book it’s as if you haven’t done it before. You have to start from scratch. – Maggie O’Farrell. I’m] full of self-doubt and voices saying, ‘No, don’t do this. It’s terrible’ I’m constantly having doubts and moments of depression and then excitement and then back into the slough of despond. – Jeffrey Eugenides. I love this quote from Jeffrey Eugenides. Yes, yes, yes. Notify me of follow-...
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August 10, 2015. How I became a writer. A couple weeks ago,. Published an interesting essay by Haruki Murakami about how he became a novelist. Murakami says that he had something of an epiphany in 1978, while watching a baseball game–Yakult Swallows vs Hiroshima Carp. In his words:. In sixth grade, my friend, Eurie, and I started writing a novel together. Incidentally, she now teaches English at the university level, so those early years must be very formative. I don’t remember if we set ou...In seventh ...
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August 3, 2015. August 3, 2015. Now that my book is done, I’ve resumed working on a novel I started while I was waiting on edits. And, I have to say, despite all I’ve learned over the last year, I still have familiar feelings of insecurity as I dig into this new book. I know lots of writers feel this way. I’ve — Read More. Filed under Writers on Writing. Tagged as first drafts. Author of PEOPLE WHO KNEW ME, published by St. Martin's Press. What I’m reading. What I’m listening to. Follow me on Twitter.
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October 24, 2016. A chat with Suzanne Redfearn. One word I really hate: Networking. It gives me chills in that nails-on-a-chalkboard kind of way. When you’re trying to make it as a writer, people will tell you to “network.” For years, I resisted this, and then I realized that I didn’t have to “network” I could just talk with fellow writers, like group — Read More. Tagged as hush little baby. October 17, 2016. An interview with my husband. Tagged as kim hooper. Married to a writer. People who knew me.
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November 24, 2015. The unknown: Writing when you have no idea what you’re doing. I spent most of this past weekend thinking about my second novel. My plan is to submit synopses and sample chapters for a few novels I’ve written over the last several years, along with some new ideas, to my agent and publisher in the near-ish future. When I created this plan, it sounded reasonable, but — Read More. Filed under Writers on Writing. Tagged as ann patchett. This is the story of a happy marriage. August 10, 2015.
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August 3, 2015. August 3, 2015. Now that my book is done, I’ve resumed working on a novel I started while I was waiting on edits. And, I have to say, despite all I’ve learned over the last year, I still have familiar feelings of insecurity as I dig into this new book. I know lots of writers feel this way. I’ve — Read More. Filed under Writers on Writing. Tagged as first drafts. Author of PEOPLE WHO KNEW ME, published by St. Martin's Press. What I’m reading. What I’m listening to. Follow me on Twitter.
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September 18, 2016. September 18, 2016. The importance of reading for writers. This post isn’t going to say what you think it’s going to say. You probably think it’s going to say that I think writers should read all the classics and all the award winners and all the “important” books. But I don’t believe that to be true. I’ve always been a reader. I hesitate to — Read More. Tagged as Brady Udall. August 3, 2015. August 3, 2015. Filed under Writers on Writing. Tagged as first drafts. July 20, 2015. The la...
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